Charles de Lint Quotes

No puppet. No puppet. You’re the puppet.

We're like so many puppets hung on the wall, waiting for someone to come and move us or make us talk.

I'd rather control someone than be controlled.

Once a person insists on how you are to think he immediately begins to insist on how you are to behave.

Power over a man's support is a power over his will.

Jayalalitha is a performing monkey in the hands of Sasikala.

Look. I brought you here to give you a choice-" "You didn't bring us here," said Nick. "You're here," said Bod. "I wanted you here. I came here. You followed me. Same thing.

I'm not some sort of puppet. Like, there isn't a team of people telling me what to do.

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

You carry forever the fingerprint that comes from being under someone's thumb.

We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces.

You know, you can't make the people do what you want them to do.

Our sense of power is more vivid when we break a man's spirit than when we win his heart.

By us, and not for us

We lead them to believe that we are in complete control over every aspect of their lives.

If you've got 'em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.

The effect of dominance is not always the result of an intention to dominate.

I like to be controlled, but that doesn't mean controlled like a dog.

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

There were no healthy opportunities for Octomom. I was doing what I was told to do and saying what I was told to say.

I do not know how anyone can mould anyone.

Don’t I have a choice in this?” But when she looks behind her, the answer is clear. There are two guards waiting to make sure that she has no choice at all. And as they lead her away, she thinks of Mr. Durkin. With a bitter laugh, Risa realizes that he may get his wish after all. Someday he may see her hands playing in Carnegie Hall. Unfortunately, the rest of Risa won’t be there.

You can maintain power over people, as long as you give them something. Rob a man of everything, and that man will no longer be in your power.

My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will.

If you don't watch it people will force you one way or the other, into doing what they think you should do, or into just being mule-stubborn and doing the opposite out of spite.